Coin-stacker and vending-machine.



R. T. HOSKING.

COIN STACKER AND VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION mm WW I7. 1913.

mmmww Patented July 17,1917.

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9., Patented July 17, 19,17.

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. Application. filed July 17, 1919;. -sria1-1 ib.7i'9,4'2o.'

To all whom it may 0mm.-

Be it known thatl, RIcJ AnnT. Hos u-NG, a citizen of the United1 States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have r invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Stacker and VendingsMachines; and I do hereby declare the tollovving' to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as Will enable others-skilled in theart to which it appertainszto make and. use the same. I p

Jlhis invention is a. coin stacker: and vending deviceian'd the improvementrelates more particularly to vending: devices in which the coinsa-re forced to stack,=.and inwhich means is provided for identifying the-articlevendedvvith the particularcoin that purchased it.

'My improved .device mayv be adapted. to vending ofx various articles, but in the form in. which Lshall illustrate and describe itina this. application, it. is adapted for the vending of stamps. machine selected. for. purposeof. illustration is adapted tovend savings stamps, or certificates adapted to be .used asvouchers for the coinsthat have been deposited in: the machine. In.- this casethe stamps gina yv bear consecutive? numbers or other identification marks which the. particularcoin; that purchased {any individual stamp may be located in the coin receptacle sotliat if -a b'oguscoin is discovered in the receptacle the stand corresponding. to thatcoin can be. identi ed so that redemption pf theistamp can be refused.

.Ma'chines ofthe type described are adapted to be deposited in schools and like places so that numbers-0f people; may make deposits of coins inthe .ondmachihe, each person recei vin g. .a corresponding, stamp which later on, is honored at its. face value. by thebank in .vvhich the collected] coins are deposited.

Thelinvention consists in the devicesdescribed and claimed. and the equivalents thereof. I p

.I-ngthe dra vvings Figure ,1 is a top plan view brokenaway pa'rt,'shovving the worki-ng -parts; of the. machine; Fig. 2. is apart sectional side. elevation; Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the device bywhichi the feedinginslide is preventedz'frorn operating unless it carries acoin; Fig. .45 is a detail of the. device for releasing-thesftan'ip vending vvheel when the coiiris. deposited in the stack; Fig. 5 is a detail brokenavvay'in part More specifieally,1 the showing. thev rim of stain-p; feeding wheel and itsstanipietaining ears; Fig. GI is. a bottom plan view of the feeding-in slide; Fig. 7 is a perspective .de-tail ofth'ef device for locking the machine when the Stamps are exhausted.

.As .is clearly shown in'the drav'vingsythe' elnbodirnent of the machine which .I have M35 to receive the coin. The slide. 2 is n61 m'ally retracted by a suitable spring" '61 .When a. coin isplaced inthe recess h'and the slide .2 is pushed forward; thelcoinis fed into the bottom ofithe' tube 1; and when the slide is released springs rturns'it'to its originalposition. v

On the return; movemefit' of the slide the vending device is actuated. This vending device comprises. a .Short toothedrack 7 s'e cured to theund'er side of slide 2;;a. in-ion '8 adapted to beaquated by rack 7 Ion the "return stroke ioiffslidefi, an'da vnd'ing'vvhe 39 operated. by the pinion. to delivers Jstaiii" other article as will be more ull'y';descr1bed later.

The coin stacking device is sotarraage'd that the coins successivel fecl into thelb'ottorn o'f tub'e' 1' will 'be' forced to stack coiise'c utively as they are taken into the tube. To accomplishthis result I provide eoihislot 10 nearlone end of tlietube, and aninclihed guide member 11 formed with an upwardly inclined coinrguidingv face; extending 5 part Way. across the, tub'efland adapted to support the coin that Was last in f \vardly inclined, position, with". the edge that is nearestthe slot 101111 ajraised positi'on as sho vvn inFig. 2, to prlni'tltlie edge ofth nextfcoin i303 be inserted betweenitfland the inclined, guide: 11,. so. that T the incoming coin will a'ctias Ea Wedge to lift. the stacked coins intoth'e' tube and When, completely inserted Will 'lie in position to enable 'the next coi'n' t0 be inserted beneath it.

To prevent the sequ nc ef thecoi nsia the tube being disturbed by. a too sudden operation of the feeding-in slide, I provide a suitablresistaiice' device, asapl g or before they are removed from thetube.

To prevent a return movement of the feeding-in slide until it has completed a stroke Y oncevstarted, either forward or back, I provide on the under edge of slide 2 a series of serrations or ratchet teeth v1 1 adapted to be engaged by either of the horns of a double spring-actuated pawl15. The arrangement of the pawl is such that when it is in the position shown in Fig. 2 and slide 2 is partly drawn out, the slide will be prevented from being pushed in until it has been first drawn out far. enough to cause the pawl to be tilted to its opposite position, the tilting of the pawl being accomplished by contact with a downwardly projectingpin 16 fixed to the under side of slide 2 Similarly when-the slide 2 is clear in, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 2, pin 17 will tilt the pawl to its opposite position so as to permit the slide to be drawn out, but to prevent its beingpushed in until it has first been drawn out to the full extent of its travel. V

I also provide a device to prevent the slide 2being pushed in far enough to actuate the vending wheel 9 unless a coin is being carried by the slide.

For this purpose I provide a hooked latch 18,1pivotally 'mounted upon a stationary member of the frame 4. This latch, as shown in Fig. 3, has its lower edge provided with prongs 19, anda downwardly projecting v central beveled tooth 20, which is slightly longer than the prongs 19.

The latch 18 is preferably supported by the pin 21 and is preferably spring pressed downwardly. p

"When a coin is being carried by slide 2,

j as shown "in Fig. 3, the advancing edge of the coinwill engage the beveled end of tooth iZOand lift the latch 18, the coin and slide 2 passing under the lower edge of tooth 20. When thereis no coin in slide 2, the tooth 20 will not be engaged and the ends of slide 2 will strike against the prongs 19 which act as; stops to prevent further forwardmovement of the slide.

The vending mechanism, as has previously 1 been noted, comprises the vendlng wheel 9,

the pinion 8, by "which the wheel is intermittently actuated, and the short rack 7 that meshes intermittently with the pinion as the slide 2 moves forward and back.

h: .PinionB'is irevoluble on its-shaft, and on the feeding-in movement. of slide 2 pinion 8.;revolvesfreely as the rack 7 passes over it, J-Qn the return stroke of slide 2, the pinion ,turns with the shaft 22 and with the vending wheel 9a A notched locking disk '23 is fixed to wheel 9 and carries on its face a spring-pressed pawl 24 adapted to engage pinion 8 when the latter revolves during the outward stroke of slide 2, and permits the pinion to revolve without turning disk 23 when the slide 2 is pushed in.

The length of rack 7 is just suificient to move vending wheel 9 the distance required to deliver one stamp.

A spring-pressed detent 25 engages the notches 26 of disk 23, as shown in Fig. 2. This detent carries a hinged wiper 27 ar ranged in the path of an upwardly-projecting beveled lug 28 fixed to slide 2. When slide 2 is pushed in lug 28 passes the wiper 27 without lifting the detent 25, but on the outward movement of slide 2 the beveled face of the lug'engages the wiper and lifts the detent to release it from engagement with disk 23. As soon as the disk has commenced to revolve by the action of rack 7 lug 28 releases the detent, which rides upon the periphery of disk 23 until it drops into the next notch of the disk and prevents further rotation of the vending wheel.

I prefer to construct the vending wheel as follows: Rows of projecting pins 29 are secured to the face of the wheel, and between the pins are grooves 30, within which are received the fingers of a stripping plate 31. The prongs engage the perforations of the stamps, and the fingers of the stripping plate remove the stamps as they are fed out by the wheel 9.

To prevent the stamps from buckling and becoming accidentally detached from the pins, I surround the upper part of the vending wheel 9 by a stamp retaining guard 32 shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the guard being a curved plate with circumferential grooves 33 on'its inner face, the ends ofthe pins 29 projecting slightly into the grooves to hold the stamp in position between the wheel and the guard.

.The stamps are supplied to the wheel 9 from a roll of. stamps 34:, passing along the face of a guide plate 35. This plate is provided with an opening 36 adapted to receive a roller 37 mounted on a bent arm 38 which pivoted in'any suitable manner to the frame of the machine. The end of theroll'er' armv'is provided'with an upwardly projecting pin 39, which is thrust upward through an opening 10. in slide 2 when roller 37 is permitted to drop into the opening 36 when the supply ofstamps is exhausted and the opening 36 is no longer covered by a stamp. 'To enable the coin .to be recovered in case it does not feed intothe tube 1,".I provide a pair of l1ooks 11 secured to slide 2 and adapted to pass through the [opening between the prongs 19 and the tooth 20 of latch18j If the coin is not received in the tube it will. be drawn back upon the return movement of the. slide.

I also provide a pair of upwardlv projecting pins 42 fixed to the upper face of the slide as shown in Fig. 3.

By the means above described I have produced a vending device in which the coins are forced to stack in consecutive order, and the articles vended, being in consecutive order and supplied with identification marks or equivalent devices, may easily be identi fied with the respective coins that purchased them.

While I have shown and described a specific embodiment of my invention and have set forth various incidental devices that may be employed when my invention is used as a stamp vending machine, it will be understood that I do not desire to limit myself to the specific construction illustrated, since the invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms and is adapted to various uses.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a vending machine, a coin tube having a coin-receiving slot near its lower end, a

(topics of this patent may be obtained for guide member in said tube, said guide member formed with an upwardly inclined coinguidin face extending part way across said tu e, said member adapted to support a coin with the edge that is nearest the slot of the tube in an inclined position, to permit the edge of the next coin to be inserted between the reviously inserted coin and the inclined gulde, said tube formed with a continuous longitudinal slot extending from top to bottom of said tube to partially expose to view the edge of each coin contained in said tube, a weight vertically movable in said tube and adapted to rest on the coins being stacked, and means adapted to force coins one at a time into said receiving slot and beneath the coins in said tube to lift said coins and said weight, for the purposes set forth.

In testimon whereof, I afiix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

RICHARD T. HOSKING.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH V. CARPENTER, NELLIE M. ANGUS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

